City Watershed Closed Because of Fire Danger
Mayor John A. Derr ordered Frederick City watershed closed to the public due to extreme fire hazard. Barriers will block entrances by Thursday morning and trespassers will be prosecuted. The picnic area below Fishing Creek remains open under supervision as officials seek rain to ease conditions amid several fires in the county.
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John A. Derr
Frederick City
Derr
Fishing Creek
Wil
Frederick County
Unionville
Lloyd Stevens
Stevens
Jefferson
Poolesville
Montgomery County
New London
New Market Fire Company
Roy Thompson
Jefferson Fire Company
U.S. 340
Herman D. Toms
Cultural Program Planned for Frederick County Schools
Frederick County boards approve a $25,962 federal grant to fund planning a county cultural program with a projected total cost over $100,000. Robert L. Pitts named director as Frederick County receives more than a million dollars in federal educational aid for various programs including school lunches and Youth Corps. The pilot program will be housed around Governor Thomas Johnson High School and test arts, dramatics, and music initiatives before seeking further funds.
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Larry van Goethemwort
Frederick County
Felton
Supt
John A. Carnochan Jr
Viet Nam
Ter
Fort Detrick
Fort Ritchie
Carnochan
Hallar Best
Thomas’ Johnson
Office of Education
Car Demolished In Wreck At Frederick High School
Frederick man Bernard Ambush was charged with speed greater than reasonable and driving without a license after his 1965 sports car left the drive at Frederick High School about 10 15 am and overturned in a drainage ditch. He was treated for leg abrasions at Frederick Memorial Hospital.
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Frederick
Frederick High School
Bernard Ampush
Donald L. Tracey
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Mahoney Urges College For County
Democratic gubernatorial candidate George P. Mahoney visited Frederick after Garrett County and Cumberland on a Western Maryland swing urging a new teachers college in Frederick County and expansion of higher education. He said Maryland must produce 5,000 teachers yearly and could maintain current tax levels by cutting waste and duplication in state government.
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George P. Mahoney
Frederick
Maryland
Frederick County
Garrett County
Cumberland
Mahoney
Baltimore
Poem Said to Bring Rain Returns in Drought Hope
In Walkersville Mrs Martin Shepley cites a Saturday rain ritual linked to the poem Who Prayed Last Night written by Josephine Pollard. Readers recall prior drought rains after the piece appeared in 1962 and again this year, with weather forecasters predicting only light weekend chances.
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Aintr Wren
News and Post
Martin Shepley
Walkersville
Skeptics
Josephine Pollard
News-Post
Hopes Dim For Passage Of Civil Rights Bill
Washington AP reports an alliance of Republicans and Southern Democrats opposes the civil rights bill as Senate Democratic leader Mike Mansfield concedes dim prospects. Senate GOP Leader Everett Dirksen doubts a two thirds vote to end a filibuster. he plans to speak long hours. The Senate lacks a quorum as Labor Day ends, delaying a start on the bill which would ban housing discrimination and protect civil rights workers.
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Washington
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Mansfield
Everett M. Dirksen
Dirksen
GOP
Tlinois
Philip 4. Hart
D-Mich
Riot in Atlanta as 900 Negroes clash after car theft arrest
In Atlanta a large Black area near the new stadium faced a riot after a police shootout with a man wanted for car theft. About 63 arrests and 15 injuries were reported as tear gas, firearms, and police actions stabilized the scene. Mayor Ivan Allen Jr. was swept amid the unrest.
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Atlanta, Ga
Atlanta
New Sports Stadium
Harold Louis Prather
Prather
Ivan Allen Jr
Allen
U S Bombers Hit North Viet Rail Lines Again
U S fighter bombers struck the Hanoi to China rail corridors with F105 Thunderchiefs targeting the northwest and northeast lines. Ground fighting eased to scattered actions as Viet Cong attacks aimed at election disruption were reported across the country. Navy pilots also hit a missile site near Vinh while a carrier F8 Crusader was shot down southwest of Hanoi with the pilot missing.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Hanoi
China
U.S
US Air Force
Navy
Marine
North Viet Nam
Red River
Thunderchief
Intrepid
Vinh
U.S. Command
NASA to launch rockets to study upper atmosphere weather
NASA announced that weather permitting two rockets will launch from Wallops Island Virginia this week to measure electric fields and wind motion in the upper atmosphere. The first liftoff is scheduled for 8 06 p m EDT today and the second for 7 34 p m Thursday.
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Washington
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Wallops Island
Reds Step Up Sudden Incidents Ahead of Viet Election
AP reports a Viet Cong threat escalating four days before South Vietnam's constitutional assembly vote. Sixteen people injured in Saigon Hue and Da Nang incidents. a Hue female agent captured with six hazardous devices linked to a six member cell. 30 pounds of explosives seized in Da Nang. A top secret NLF directive ordered attacks on polling personnel and election voters to disrupt voting.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Hue
Viet Cong
da Nang
National Liberation Front
Local candidates fail to file reports in Maryland race
Fifty local candidates have spent $9293 to date per Clerk of the Circuit Court filings. Top spender Wallace E Hutton, Democrat for County Commissioner, listed $792. O'Farrell and Byron, both Democratic State Senate hopefuls, spent $739 and $624 respectively. The Maryland Corrupt Practices Act requires filing seven days before the election and 30 60 six months and one year after. Twenty one hopefuls, 14 Republicans and seven Democrats, did not file by yesterday's deadline. Names and amounts for various races are listed.
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Circuit Court
Wallace E. Hutton
Hutton
State Senate
Thomas R. O'Farrell
Goodloe E. Byron
Byron
O' Farrell
Charles H. Smelser
James
Ensor
House of Delegates
William M. Houck
Clifton Wirts
E. Earl Remsberg
Austin Angleberger
Lemuel D. Keller
Barry F Rhoderick
Alban W. Smith
William F. Cramer Jr
Ruby Hahn
Lawrence
Charles W. Mumma
Robert E. Clapp Jr
Charlotte W. Yarrell
Ellis C. Wachter
Robert S. Rothenhoefer
Horace M Alexander
Denver J. Shook
Crummel P. Jacobs
Orphans Court
Norvell Bek
Howard Z Stup
Mildred S Fisher
Democratic State Central Committee
Austin C. Powell
Court Martial Judge Bars Illegal War Plea at Army Trial
In a Fort Dix court martial, Judge Col Robert F. Maguire forbade Pvt. Pennis Mora’s defense from arguing the Vietnam War is illegal. Defense attorney Stanley Faulkner pressed the point, prompting the judge to rule that the President’s decision to deploy troops was lawful with congressional and South Vietnamese government knowledge and consent. The hearing recessed after the ruling, with Mora claiming socialist ties to WEB Du Bois clubs.
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Ft.dix. NJ
Viet Nam
Robert F. Maguire
Pvt
Pennis Mora
Stanley Faulkner
Maguire
Mora
New York
Ing
DuBois Club
Faulkner
Congress
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Emerson Barrier Road
Sterling Grumbine
Liberty Fire Company
Sen. Dirksen
11Th Armored Cavalry Regiment
Vung Tau
Ft. Meade
North Viet
Wallace Hutton
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